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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his visiting Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp on Thursday.
During the talks, Wang Yi, also a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, said China is willing to step up communication and dialogue with the Netherlands, deepen practical cooperation and strengthen cooperation in multilateral formats, thereby making new contributions to the development of China-EU relations, global economic recovery and the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
China has introduced a series of new opening-up measures and welcomes the Netherlands to seize the opportunities, Wang said, also expressing hope that the Netherlands will provide a fair, honest and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises.
K. Veldkamp, in turn, stated that the Dutch side adheres to the one-China policy and is ready to work with China to further strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen practical cooperation and maintain commitment to multilateralism.
According to him, relations between Europe and China are of vital importance and the Netherlands is ready to make active efforts to strengthen EU-China relations.
Following the negotiations, the parties reached a six-point consensus.
Mutual readiness was expressed to maintain close exchanges and deepen practical cooperation in the trade, economic, scientific, technical, agricultural and water management fields.
The parties agreed to maintain close communication on cooperation in various areas, including semiconductor technologies, through existing channels.
Both sides reaffirmed their support for multilateralism, pledging to uphold the principles of free trade and the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core, and strengthening exchanges and cooperation in areas such as climate change adaptation and green transformation.
The parties also agreed that serious global action is required to ensure equal rights for all, especially women and girls, and expressed their commitment to work together to achieve this goal. -0-